Re: [PATCH] Make cat(1) and split(1) reference each other

2021-01-10 Thread Theo de Raadt
Donovan Watteau wrote: > Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I disagree with this. > > > > Because next you'll be asking for the ls manpage to list "rm" and "touch"... > > That's not my personal intent no, but I get your point. > > concatenating/splitting are exact complementary actions, so I thought > t

Re: [PATCH] Make cat(1) and split(1) reference each other

2021-01-10 Thread Donovan Watteau
Theo de Raadt wrote: > I disagree with this. > > Because next you'll be asking for the ls manpage to list "rm" and "touch"... That's not my personal intent no, but I get your point. concatenating/splitting are exact complementary actions, so I thought this section would accept cross-references i

Re: [PATCH] Make cat(1) and split(1) reference each other

2021-01-10 Thread Theo de Raadt
I disagree with this. Because next you'll be asking for the ls manpage to list "rm" and "touch"... Donovan Watteau wrote: > Hi, > > Ten years ago, a teacher of mine asked why "the command which > concatenates files never mentions the command which splits files". > > Ten years later, I still t

[PATCH] Make cat(1) and split(1) reference each other

2021-01-10 Thread Donovan Watteau
Hi, Ten years ago, a teacher of mine asked why "the command which concatenates files never mentions the command which splits files". Ten years later, I still think he made a good point, so here's a diff. If there's a reason for things to be the way they are, I'm still curious to learn it :) Dono